Talks

Book a talk about archi­tec­ture and urb­an­ism in the Neth­er­lands, presen­ted by Anneke Bokern, Paul Vlok or an archi­tect from the architour team!

Talks can be booked sep­ar­ately or as part of a guided tour, in Eng­lish, Dutch or Ger­man. Online talks via Zoom are also pos­sible.

They are ca. 45 minutes long and fol­lowed by 15 minutes Q&A.

Ready-to-Book Talks

Intro­duct­ory talks about urb­an devel­op­ment and cur­rent themes, provid­ing the per­fect back­ground for your field trip.

Lec­tures on demand

Talks accord­ing to your brief­ing, giv­en by an architour part­ner or spe­cial­ist guide.

Talks by extern­al experts

Present­a­tions by e.g. loc­al plan­ners, archi­tects, engin­eers or rep­res­ent­at­ives of pub­lic entit­ies about their pro­jects or field of work.

Talk 1: Built on Sand

In this lec­ture we tell you about water man­age­ment and land­scape devel­op­ment through the cen­tur­ies, about found­a­tion tech­niques and the par­tic­u­lar chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies of build­ing in Hol­land.

Talk 2: Amsterdam – City on the IJ

This lec­ture is an intro­duc­tion to the urb­an his­tory of Amsterdam. Find out about the cre­ation of the fam­ous canal area, but also about recent pro­jects, e.g. the redevel­op­ment of the shoreline and the plan­ning of the very first highrise dis­trict.

Talk 3: Rotterdam – Mod­ern Har­bour City

We’ll tell you about the urb­an his­tory of Rotterdam, includ­ing its ori­gins, the recon­struc­tion peri­od after the war and cur­rent top­ics, such as the trans­form­a­tion of former har­bour areas and the chal­lenges of gentri­fic­a­tion.

Talks 4: Sus­tain­able Rotterdam

Rotterdam has to cope with a lot of chal­lenges related to cli­mate change. Innov­at­ive, prag­mat­ic and simple solu­tions are being tested in the city. Find out about the Dutch approach to sus­tain­ab­il­ity.

Talk 5: Afford­able Hous­ing in the Neth­er­lands

The Neth­er­lands have a long tra­di­tion of social hous­ing and the highest social hous­ing per­cent­age in Europe. We’ll inform you about the his­tory of the sys­tem and cur­rent chal­lenges, such as segreg­a­tion and gentri­fic­a­tion.